According to reports, the IRS has extended the tax payment deadline for Louisiana residents due to the recent winter storms. Residents in all 64 parishes across the state now have until June 15, 2021 to file their taxes.
Louisiana's sales tax collections from internet purchases have increased dramatically, even though the system only involves out-of-state retailers voluntarily remitting taxes.
Baton Rouge Representative Steve Carter has a bill that would eventually pump billions of dollars into the state’s crumbling infrastructure by raising the gas tax by 18 cents a gallon over the next 12 years.